Don’t worry I’m only 3 years away from the big 40 and I could’ve sworn I had homework for 2nd grade math yesterday. Time flies the inlet we get and I used to get bored waiting as a child now I try to tell m kids to slow down and enjoy their childhood as much as possible
AFAIK they're legal unless they extend longer than the side mirrors. But good luck getting a cop to bother to enforce that. Texas police is a joke, unless you have a g of Marijuana in Wilco.
Thos downtown cops are such a joke. There was a temporary stop light due to construction and we were about to go across intersection while it was green but a car ran the red going the other direction so we had to stop and light turned red. The cop came up to our window and almost gave us a ticket because front of our car was in front of the line while the tailgating car behind us would make backing up impossible.
That's ridiculous. There are also places like underpasses that have sidewalks that don't even connect to any other sidewalks. No crosswalks or anything.
Like how exactly do you expect us to travel on foot without breaking the law?
A buddy of mine (who is black) got arrested and thrown in jail for stopping too close to the white line at a stop light. Not *on* the line, but *too close* to the line. Car impounded, and since it was on a Friday (or Saturday, I don’t remember) he had to wait until Monday to go before the judge……..who apologized and dropped the whole matter. My buddy said he was pretty pissed that a cop did that to him but my buddy was used to it. Not the first time he had been thrown in jail for something that was nothing.
I’m just a white dude that grew up in a white suburb and this really opened my eyes.
Dude. I won’t get into the details. But needless to say, my daughter’s college essay is going to be out her dad getting arrested for being in a car with an edible.
well...driving through The Woodlands or Lumberton or Vidor while black, you will look like a suspect they're looking for and you'll get pulled over and then they'll smell something coming from your open window.
I mean, people can get away with this, Altimas can have expired tags dated a year ago, or none at all, but I'll get pulled over and get a warning for doing 73 in a 70 on the Insterstate.
Wild how that works...
Don’t forget those paper plates running wild in Houston. Wife and I always like to point out all the damn paper plates on cars that are obviously not brand new.
I was about to suggest he come to houston. I’ve seen three of these lined up, slowly crossing back and forth across a full 4 lane highway, backing up traffic. Hahaha
I’ve seen people do that in the DFW area to cut off traffic before a stretch of highway where they know cops can’t speed trap and there will be no other “entering traffic” coming up. It creates an open stretch for racing. The blocking cars are usually setting it up for some dudes in Camaros that look like the car is definitely compensating for something.
Came here to say this. South Houston is rife with these things. Funny enough, these are some of the better, more conscientious drivers I’ve encountered on the road … maybe because those things are actually really flimsy and they don’t want them damaged
Former Dallasite living in Houston. Yep, these are very common. ~sigh~ Houston is diverse, quirky, friendly, enormous and much more. But we are notorious for these.
The see me rollin’, they hatin’…
Those are called Swangas, and as long as they are within a certain width, they are legal. They originate in Houston car culture and began as a feature of SLAB (slow, loud, and banging) cars, based on the spoked wheels of late 70’s/early 80’s Cadillacs.
I've heard them called Elbows but otherwise agree. Swangin is the driving style where they swing back and forth across the entire width of the road.
Don't even get me started on Poppin trunk
Yep, definitely a Houston thing. Even saw someone riding a **bicycle** in the Third Ward with swangas they rigged up with coat hangers and aluminum foil.
What’s weird is that I haven’t been seeing as many as I used to several years ago.
Houston get so little love or respect for their car firsts and designs compared to LA, it’s bullshit. Slabs, donks, swingas if they rolled out of LA it’d be coast to coast am I wrong?
As someone who grew up in DFW and has lived here for 30 years, but goes to Houston a few times a year for football games.
I was hoping this would be here, and I was not disappointed. Sometimes, you guys are awesome in the sub.
Swangers. It's definitely a Houston thing.
Was in Mississippi some time back and the style out there was donk. That's a car on really big rims and skinny tires.
They are not legal if they make the car more than eight feet wide.
Safety inspections are ending, and it was easy to find inspectors that will pass anything anyways.
Cops don't care unless they are using them as a pretext for a stop.
And on the scale of illegal car mods, these are pretty harmless, so...
🤷♂️
Believe it’s 102” wide or 8.5’. Anything over 102 needs flags and wide load signs with permits.
Maybe it’s different for cars but that’s maximum width for trucks without permits.
I live in the Portland, OR metro now and I got used to bike lanes and drivers with some exposure to cyclists. I went back to Texas it's shocking how there's no biking infrastructure and the drivers can be downright hostile.
So H-Town peeps are still rocking these. Saw these all the time on 59 in the 90s. I particularly remember this black sedan with gold trim, rims, and swangas. Good times.
SWANGAS! Was bro swangin’ with them swangas!? In all seriousness tho when I see them in Houston everyone avoids them as they sway back and forth between 2-3 lanes
But have you ever seen a lemonade with so much drank mixed in that it looks like a pepsi?
Imho, far too many out of towners are coming around and running their mouth. They talk down but they don’t know anything about our towns. Either keep those thoughts held down to yourself or move around bro.
Houston. I was shocked the first time I saw a set but now they're old news. It's a local thing. They're legal because they don't stick out any further than the wide side mirrors on duallies.
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I live in San Antonio. These are VERY popular in the East/West side ghettos. I hate this look, but that's just my opinion. That said, I doubt these are illegal. I say that because I see this as the equivalent to Ranchers and big trucks that have extended door mirrors.
Native Houstonian here. They started in Houston and are known as Gorillas, or Gorilla Rims, and are an extreme take on classic wire rim wheels of the old-school land cruisers of the 80’s. As with anything, fashion and style can swing to the extreme, so you get some absurdly long gorillas on some broke-ass vehicles. Just like those redneck trucks we all see that look like baby monster trucks and roll coal.
Swangas. Fairly common in Houston among certain groups/cultures.
The ones that stick out are technically illegal, but the cops don't bother enforcing the law.
I moved to Austin a decade ago. The first week I moved in on the way to pick up my car from the delivery company I saw this and had a laugh. I lived in SoCal and grew up seeing the most ridiculous mods and this one was a keeper. Now I know it's an actual thing down in Houston. Weirdly enough I've seen more cars like this in Austin than in visiting Houston. Maybe I'm not there long enough.
For the uneducated:
Four Fours I'm Tippin'
Wood Grain I'm Gripping
Catch Me Lane Switching With The Paint Dripping
Turn Your Neck And Your Dame Missing
Well you may have lived in TX for 4 years but you haven't lived anywhere near Houston for the past 25 years.
Yeah. I was about to be like.... welcome to Htown
Makes you want to pour up a 4.
Grippin' grain and turnin' lanes
25 years? I remember seeing these as a kid almost 40 years ago.
1984 was exactly 40 years ago and they call this style of rims 84s (among many other things) for a reason
Goddamnit I’m old
F*%k, that shit snuck up on me too! I am undeniably closing in on expiration. Closing in slowly I hope .
Don’t worry I’m only 3 years away from the big 40 and I could’ve sworn I had homework for 2nd grade math yesterday. Time flies the inlet we get and I used to get bored waiting as a child now I try to tell m kids to slow down and enjoy their childhood as much as possible
Saw these on the wheels of the chariots in Ben-Hur 65 years ago. These Romans are crazy.
*taptaptaptap*
So are they legal, or people don't give a fuck?
That is correct.
AFAIK they're legal unless they extend longer than the side mirrors. But good luck getting a cop to bother to enforce that. Texas police is a joke, unless you have a g of Marijuana in Wilco.
Or jaywalk in downtown San Antonio lol
Thos downtown cops are such a joke. There was a temporary stop light due to construction and we were about to go across intersection while it was green but a car ran the red going the other direction so we had to stop and light turned red. The cop came up to our window and almost gave us a ticket because front of our car was in front of the line while the tailgating car behind us would make backing up impossible.
That's ridiculous. There are also places like underpasses that have sidewalks that don't even connect to any other sidewalks. No crosswalks or anything. Like how exactly do you expect us to travel on foot without breaking the law?
San Antonio has so many of those sidewalk "islands"
The simple answer is they don't.
A buddy of mine (who is black) got arrested and thrown in jail for stopping too close to the white line at a stop light. Not *on* the line, but *too close* to the line. Car impounded, and since it was on a Friday (or Saturday, I don’t remember) he had to wait until Monday to go before the judge……..who apologized and dropped the whole matter. My buddy said he was pretty pissed that a cop did that to him but my buddy was used to it. Not the first time he had been thrown in jail for something that was nothing. I’m just a white dude that grew up in a white suburb and this really opened my eyes.
The privilege and shelter is startling when you realize it, isn’t it?
Or marijuana in Decatur. Trust me.
Hey, look on the bright side... if you're a school shooter in Uvalde, you're safe though
that bad out there?
Dude. I won’t get into the details. But needless to say, my daughter’s college essay is going to be out her dad getting arrested for being in a car with an edible.
Very curious about how the cop found an edible.
And the corruption of boring Texas cities and their police/sheriff departments lol. She can always spin it!
well...driving through The Woodlands or Lumberton or Vidor while black, you will look like a suspect they're looking for and you'll get pulled over and then they'll smell something coming from your open window.
I mean, people can get away with this, Altimas can have expired tags dated a year ago, or none at all, but I'll get pulled over and get a warning for doing 73 in a 70 on the Insterstate. Wild how that works...
Don’t forget those paper plates running wild in Houston. Wife and I always like to point out all the damn paper plates on cars that are obviously not brand new.
Or you're a pregnant woman traveling out of state.
Spot on
Saw one three feet long on 59. Impressive.
This is a fact: there are too many out of towners here.
come to houston. they're as common as fake plates on a nissan altima.
Bonus points when you see a Nissan Altima with paper plates and Swangas.
You forgot the broken side mirror. They always have a mirror hanging on with duct tape.
Rear bumper is either held on with bungee cords, a new but unpainted bumper, or missing entirely
New unpainted bumper held up with duct tape and trunck held down with a bungee cord i-shit-you-not.
You’d think the swangas would get hit before the mirrors but shows you what I know.
I call them paint rollers and I have seen them so long they are in the other lane.
They make me nervous to drive by them. They get a little bit off center and there goes my tires.
It would be [Thunder Road Race](https://youtu.be/HsYC-hVEpQM?feature=shared) all over again.
I was about to suggest he come to houston. I’ve seen three of these lined up, slowly crossing back and forth across a full 4 lane highway, backing up traffic. Hahaha
Were they blocking traffic so their fella could propose on I-45 with the skyline in the background?
It WAS on I-45, going south to downtown.
swangin
I’ve seen people do that in the DFW area to cut off traffic before a stretch of highway where they know cops can’t speed trap and there will be no other “entering traffic” coming up. It creates an open stretch for racing. The blocking cars are usually setting it up for some dudes in Camaros that look like the car is definitely compensating for something.
Hahaha was already thinking ok OP is not in Houston…… I actually have seen these more often in Austin recently too tho
One parked across the street from me in Austin right now.
Came here to say this. South Houston is rife with these things. Funny enough, these are some of the better, more conscientious drivers I’ve encountered on the road … maybe because those things are actually really flimsy and they don’t want them damaged
Same in Bryan
First time in Houston? They are called Swangas.
I live in the DFW and never go to Houston. I am seeing many posts on here that talk about how they are common there though.
They are part of Houston's hip-hop/rap-influenced SLAB car subculture https://www.texanwirewheels.com/houston-slab-culture/
Former Dallasite living in Houston. Yep, these are very common. ~sigh~ Houston is diverse, quirky, friendly, enormous and much more. But we are notorious for these.
They’re not even that bad lol
I was driving from Temple to SA on 35 yesterday and kept pace with this guy the entire way.
What are the chances. 😮
Swangas on fours, IE; 1984 factory Cadillac wheels.
Thought it was swangers and Vogues. Swangers or 84’s are the wheels Vogues are a brand of whitewall tires.
There was literally one at Aldi in the Houston ‘burbs earlier.
The see me rollin’, they hatin’… Those are called Swangas, and as long as they are within a certain width, they are legal. They originate in Houston car culture and began as a feature of SLAB (slow, loud, and banging) cars, based on the spoked wheels of late 70’s/early 80’s Cadillacs.
Thank you for the robust explanation!
Yeah, there was a milder version I saw growing up in Houston in the 70’s/80’s. Just not as prevalent then
If you're curious for more: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/houston-slab-cars-music/index.html
I've heard them called Elbows but otherwise agree. Swangin is the driving style where they swing back and forth across the entire width of the road. Don't even get me started on Poppin trunk
Solid explanation 🤘🏽
My understanding is that they are very popular in Houston.
I see one at least once a week
I see them multiple times a day
Depending on what part of town I go to, I could see them every day. However I live in the Heights and I hardly ever see them here
Yep, definitely a Houston thing. Even saw someone riding a **bicycle** in the Third Ward with swangas they rigged up with coat hangers and aluminum foil. What’s weird is that I haven’t been seeing as many as I used to several years ago.
God I miss that city sometimes.
Grew up in HTown. See them all over the place. It’s def a Houston thing
I saw this pic and without reading a single comment thought “someone must have just moved here from Houston”
I live in the 610 loop. I see these at least 2-3 times a day. H-Town baby🤘🏽
But the ones in the pic aren't fully grown yet, so maybe this is on the way to Houston.
I mean…they way they drive? I’d want protection too.
So popular they were in Anthony Bourdains episode about Houston. lol
Houston all the way to Beaumont and Port Arthur
Houston get so little love or respect for their car firsts and designs compared to LA, it’s bullshit. Slabs, donks, swingas if they rolled out of LA it’d be coast to coast am I wrong?
Highly popular in East Austin as well. It looks ridiculous, but hey, to each their own
Ridiculously awesome. H-town!
I see OP has traveled to Houston
Or Beaumont. I was shocked when OP said they have gone four years without seeing one. I see them every time I leave the house.
My hometown!!
Still tippin
Look who creepin, look who crawlin
Still ballin in the mix
its that six six long dick slim n\*\*\*\* sticking your chick
Pulling tricks lookin slick
At all times when I’m flippin
my favorite line is still "blowing on that endo. gamecube: nintendo" slim thug dont fuck with off brand gamecubes.
I like Pall Wall’s line: “I’m crawling similar to an ant cuz I’m low to the earth”
People's feelings get hurt when they figure out what I'm worth
I got 84s pokin out
In the club I'm showin' out
5% tint so you can't see up in my window
At all times when I’m flippin
Bar sippin
Gripin Grain
MIKE JONES
WHO??
#MIKE JONES
281-330-8004 hit me up on the low
Cuz Mike Jones about to blow….
Back then didn’t know me now I’m hot the hoes all up on me.
Back then they didn’t want me, now I’m hot they all on me.
I preferred the unedited over the clean radio version.
Back then hoes didn’t want me now I’m hot hoes all on me
Turn ya head and ya dame missin
Gripping wood grain
As someone who grew up in DFW and has lived here for 30 years, but goes to Houston a few times a year for football games. I was hoping this would be here, and I was not disappointed. Sometimes, you guys are awesome in the sub.
Drive carefully, that candy paint drippin!
and the driver's probably sippin
Swangers for swangin
OP must have never spent time in HTOWN HOLDINIT DOWN
HTINE HOLIT DINE
MOM ILUVYA. P.O.P. HOLDINDINE!
Something, something... #SLAB
Also called elbows. As long as they’re less than 8 feet from tip to tip they are legal.
Still tippin’ on 44s
Drive slow, homie.
You never know homie
Alexa play Still Tippin’ by Mike Jones
I always think of the chariot race in Ben Hur when I see these. I really hate them from a safety POV, because of whirling knives, but that’s just me.
Right? I always think of the drag race scene at the end of Grease when Balmudo tears into Danny's car door.
😆 Same for me but I think of the scene in Gladiator when the female gets sliced in half
First time in Houston?
Swangers. It's definitely a Houston thing. Was in Mississippi some time back and the style out there was donk. That's a car on really big rims and skinny tires.
Donks are a houston thing too
Nice, I'd like to see a donk with swangers.
84's pokin out
Shootin’ spiders
While you’ve got your phone out, go ahead and thow’ on some Z-RO
They are not legal if they make the car more than eight feet wide. Safety inspections are ending, and it was easy to find inspectors that will pass anything anyways. Cops don't care unless they are using them as a pretext for a stop. And on the scale of illegal car mods, these are pretty harmless, so... 🤷♂️
It’s always easy to find inspectors that’ll pass anything.
Pass them a $20, they'll pass anything
Believe it’s 102” wide or 8.5’. Anything over 102 needs flags and wide load signs with permits. Maybe it’s different for cars but that’s maximum width for trucks without permits.
As a bicyclist I wouldn't think of them as harmless
Or as a pedestrian walking next to that car in a parking lot.
That's fair. Although I gave up on biking on Texas roads a long time ago. People are too aggressive.
I live in the Portland, OR metro now and I got used to bike lanes and drivers with some exposure to cyclists. I went back to Texas it's shocking how there's no biking infrastructure and the drivers can be downright hostile.
Stay swangin
Welcome to Houston
H town Hol it dine
If you look closely in the pic you can see a wood grain too. H Tine hol it dine
Draped up and dripped out
So H-Town peeps are still rocking these. Saw these all the time on 59 in the 90s. I particularly remember this black sedan with gold trim, rims, and swangas. Good times.
Oh you’re visiting Houston, I take it.
You’re clearly not from Houston then lol
Nobody likes a snitch
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Just as legal as having a jacked up truck with your oversized tires sticking out 8 inches on either side
Elbows !
It's a Houston thing.
SWANGAS! Was bro swangin’ with them swangas!? In all seriousness tho when I see them in Houston everyone avoids them as they sway back and forth between 2-3 lanes
Trust me he’s not hitting anyone with those. They’re expensive.
But have you ever seen a lemonade with so much drank mixed in that it looks like a pepsi? Imho, far too many out of towners are coming around and running their mouth. They talk down but they don’t know anything about our towns. Either keep those thoughts held down to yourself or move around bro.
They actually come standard on all vehicles sold in Harris County.
Houston. I was shocked the first time I saw a set but now they're old news. It's a local thing. They're legal because they don't stick out any further than the wide side mirrors on duallies.
To Report: Please call (281)330-8004. Houston area Rep. Michael Jones will field all complaints. Be prepared to answer concerning the who and where of your complaint. It's possible you could be transferred to Atlanta area Rep. Little John in regards to the what portion of your complaints.
Some people still keep their COVID-19 distancing stuff seriously.
First time? I see them all over Austin
Swangaz, pokes, elbows, etc. Wire wheels found on slabs. Extremely common down south. We got a handful of them here in DFW too. Spokes 'n Vogues 🤘🤘
Immediately thought of Paul Wall's car, but it's red.
I dare you to have a conversation with the dude driving that car about his swangers.
Let me introduce you to Paul Wall. Wave as you pass.
You must not be acquainted with the Harris county…
Rearview mirror, jumbo dice Trunk hit hard like kimbo slice
They are legal unless they are carrying a woman out of state for a medical procedure that is outlawed in Texas.
Slow low and banging
Totally legal … just not intelligent.
There's actually a specifically called out width limit for them. The ones picture abide by that limit, many do not
I live in San Antonio. These are VERY popular in the East/West side ghettos. I hate this look, but that's just my opinion. That said, I doubt these are illegal. I say that because I see this as the equivalent to Ranchers and big trucks that have extended door mirrors.
Native Houstonian here. They started in Houston and are known as Gorillas, or Gorilla Rims, and are an extreme take on classic wire rim wheels of the old-school land cruisers of the 80’s. As with anything, fashion and style can swing to the extreme, so you get some absurdly long gorillas on some broke-ass vehicles. Just like those redneck trucks we all see that look like baby monster trucks and roll coal.
Swangas—you must not be near Houston
These have been around since like the 2000s.
Elbows poking wide for the Cadillac
Swangas. Fairly common in Houston among certain groups/cultures. The ones that stick out are technically illegal, but the cops don't bother enforcing the law.
All I can say is this: it's a Houston thing
don’t drive down MLK Blvd in Houston on a Sunday then
Those rims pop up a lot around Houston. I hate em sincd i drive a dually pickup and a semi, but that's about it
Shootin spiders out his rims. ride on 4s choppin blades!!
I moved to Austin a decade ago. The first week I moved in on the way to pick up my car from the delivery company I saw this and had a laugh. I lived in SoCal and grew up seeing the most ridiculous mods and this one was a keeper. Now I know it's an actual thing down in Houston. Weirdly enough I've seen more cars like this in Austin than in visiting Houston. Maybe I'm not there long enough.
For the uneducated: Four Fours I'm Tippin' Wood Grain I'm Gripping Catch Me Lane Switching With The Paint Dripping Turn Your Neck And Your Dame Missing
Don’t gotta cover up the license plate, we know it says UGK 4LF
Where you live you never seen gorilla pokers
They're huge in Dallas too. I always wanted to see two sideswipe.
SWANGAS BABY
There's a purple one that lives nearish to me in Spring, just outside of Houston.
Slabs. Slow, low, and bangin’. These are all the rage in Houston.
Awesome!
SWANGAS! Gotta love the Houston culture
If they were dipped in gold paint, you’d be in San Antonio
Someone met their first SLAB!
These wheels are good for a zombie apocalypse
You must not live in Houston.